Rising from the Ashes: Los Angeles, 1992. Edward Jae Song Lee, Latasha Harlins, Rodney King, and a City on Fire

by Paula Yoo

Book Overview

In the spring of 1992, after a jury returned not guilty verdicts in the trial of four police officers charged in the brutal beating of a Black man, Rodney King, Los Angeles was torn apart. Thousands of fires were set, causing more than a billion dollars in damage. In neighborhoods abandoned by the police, protestors and storeowners exchanged gunfire. More than 12,000 people were arrested and 2,400 injured. Sixty-three died.

In Rising from...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1324030909
• ISBN13: 9781324030904
• Release Date: May 2024
• Publisher: Norton Young Readers
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 12 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 7 to Postsecondary